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NEW YORK, March 27: USA Network has unveiled new pilots on its development slate as well as a raft of original programs that it will premiere throughout the year, including the launch of the mini-series The Starter Wife as a …

LONDON, March 27: UKTV’s controller, Matthew Littleford, has undertaken a restructuring of the company’s commissioning department, resulting in the creation of two new director of commissioning posts and three new commissioning editor posts. Under the revised structure, the two new …

LONDON, March 27: LIVING has secured an exclusive U.K. all-rights deal with Disney-ABC International Television for the hit U.S. drama Private Practice. The first season of 9×1-hour episodes will air on LIVING this summer, with the second season of 13×1-hour …

NEW YORK, March 27: Comedy Central gave the green light to two new series, including a “fake” magazine show hosted by David Alan Grier. Slated for a premiere during the first quarter of 2009, the tentatively titled David Alan Grier’s …

NEW YORK, March 27: HBO will launch the offbeat late-night comedy series The Life and Times of Tim and Summer Heights High this June. The shows will air back-to-back for eight weeks, with the final two episodes of the ten-episode …

HAMILTON, March 27: Central European Media Enterprises’s (CME) Czech film channel Nova Cinema and Slovakian network TV Markiza are debuting four new shows: The Hollywood Reporter, The Red Carpet Reporter, Night of Film Chances and City of Shadows. The newly …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER, March 27: Lionsgate has secured an exclusive multi-year agreement to distribute more than 300 DVD titles from Spanish-language outfit Xenon Pictures and the labels it operates in the U.S., including Televisa Home Entertainment. Xenon will continue to produce, …

LONDON, March 27: Filming has kicked off on Spooks: Code 9, a new drama for BBC Three from Kudos Film and Television, the producers behind Spooks and Life On Mars. The series takes place in London in the year 2013, …

MEXICO CITY, March 26: TV Azteca has reached a deal to acquire 70 percent of Latitud TV in Guatemala in an agreement that also brings the Mexican broadcaster’s content to Latitud’s UHF channels 31 and 35. The alliance allows TV …

TORONTO, March 26: Canwest-owned Global Television will introduce an array of new programming in May, ranging from dramatic series like Swingtown and Durham County to animated movies like Shark Tale. The slate of new programming is headlined by dramas like …